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Gabriel Naudé
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Gabriel Naudé was a French librarian and scholar. He was a prolific writer who produced works on many subjects including politics, religion, history and the supernatural. In 1627, he published an infl
Portret van Gabriel Naudé, RP P 1910 5137
Portret van Gabriel Naudé, RP P 1910 5137
Reading room of the Bibliothèque Mazarine (2010)
Reading room of the Bibliothèque Mazarine (2010)
The Fronde
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The Fronde was a civil war fought in France between 1648 and 1653. The term comes from the French noun for slingshot, and was originally a derogatory term for the rebels.
Gabriel Naudé
…It became the first in France to be open for all, without references. Mazarin's library was sold by the Parlement of Paris during the troubles of the Fronde, and Queen Christina invited Naudé to Stockholm. He was not happy in Sweden, and on Mazarin's appeal that he should re-form his scattered library, Naudé…
Battle of the Faubourg St Antoine, 1652, outside the Bastille in Paris
Battle of the Faubourg St Antoine, 1652, outside the Bastille in Paris
Cardinal Mazarin
Cardinal Mazarin
"Louis XIV Crushes the Fronde" by Gilles Guérin 1654
"Louis XIV Crushes the Fronde" by Gilles Guérin 1654
The Battle of the Dunes by Charles-Philippe Larivière, 1837. The battle was a decisive victory for France and its English allies over the Spanish in 1
The Battle of the Dunes by Charles-Philippe Larivière, 1837. The battle was a decisive victory for France and its English allies over the Spanish in 1658.